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ACTIVITIES of the 

CO-ORDINATE BODIES of the 

ANCIENT ana ACCEPTED 

SCOTTISH RITE of FREEMASONRY 

for the 

Southern Jurisdiction 
of the United States 



Sitting in the Valley of Washington 
Orient of the District of Columbia 



JULY 1, 1917- JUNE 30, 1919 



STIRLING KERR, 33° HON. 

Deputy of the Supreme Council in the 
District of Columbia 



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ANCIENT and ACCEPTED 
SCOTTISH RITE of FREEMASONRY 

Southern Jurisdiction 
of the United States 

Office of the 
DEPUTY OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL 

in the District of Columbia 

433 Third Street N.\F. 

Washington, D. C, August 15, 1919 

To the Officers 

and Members of 

Albert Pike Consistory, M.R.S.; 
Robert deBruce Council, Knights Kadosh; 
Evangelist Chapter, Knights Rose Croix; 
Mithras Lodge of Perfection 

(greeting: 



DEAR BRETHREN: 

AS THE biennial period, for which the Supreme 
r\ Council returns are made, closed June 30th, 
last, it is most fitting that I should outline to 
you what those returns will show, in so far as they con- 
cern the Bodies in this Valley. 



FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT— MEMBERSHIP 

On the 30th of June, 1917, the membership of the 
several Bodies were: 





Lodge 




Chapter 




Council 


Consistory 




972 




908 




849 




837 


Initiated since . . 


942 




950 




959 




956 


Affiliated .... 


11 




7 




7 




6 


Reinstated .... 


12 




9 




7 




7 




1937 




1874 




1822 




1806 


Died .... 46 




44 




40 




40 




Dimitted . .17 




16 




14 




14 




Suspended . . 28 




18 




16 




13 




Total losses 


91 




78 




70 




67 


Membership 
















June 30, 1919 . . 


1846 




1796 




1752 




1739 


Gains 


874 




888 




903 




902 



or over 100% in the Council and Consistory and nearly 
100% in the Lodge and Chapter. 



FIFTH— NECROLOGY 

During the period the Bodies have lost by death the follow- 
ing dearly beloved Brethren. In all cases proper respect has 
been paid the family of the deceased and, whenever desired by 
the family, our Rose Croix Service has been said over the 
remains : 

Born Died 

Rufus Hildreth Thayer, 32° . June 28, 1849 July 13, 1917 

James David Rowen, 32° May 21, 1857 July 25, 1917 

Past Venerable Master, Mithras Lodge 
of Perfection 

Samuel Walter Woodward, 32° . Dec. 13, 1848 Aug. 1, 1917 

James Lewis Patchell, 32° Feb. 13, 1864 Aug. 10, 1917 

Lewis Hopfenmaier, 32° Oct. 20, 1855 Aug. 16, 1917 

Angus Lamond, 32° . March 11, 1841 Aug. 24, 1917 

Harry Simmons Barnes, 32° . . . . . . . March 6, 1865 Sept. 6, 1917 

Nicholas Tobias Haller, 32° Jan, 11, 1859 Sept. 12, 1917 

James William Cheney, 32° Jan. 22, 1849 Oct. 20, 1917 

James Lansburgh, 33° Hon. . , Jan. 14, 1843 Oct. 29, 1917 

Byron A. Chapin, 32° Nov. 25, 1852 Nov. 11, 1917 

Carrington Asbury Young, 18° Nov. 9, 1847 Nov. 11, 1917 

John Wilson, 33° Hon. Jan. 10, 1844 Nov. 21, 1917 

Past Commander, Robert de Bruce Council 

Henry Conrad Davis, 32° May 11, 1847 Feb. 3, 1918 

Charles Davis Parsons, 32° Sept. 15, 1839 March 8, 1918 

Nelson Tippett, 32° Dec. 7, 1862 April 3, 1918 

Wilbur Fisk Cogswell, 32° April 13, 1844 April 29, 1918 

George Jacob Schley, 32° July 8, 1836 May 4, 1918 

John Boughton Daish, 32° Jan. 26, 1867 May 11, 1918 

Charles Xander, 32° Feb. 23, 1850 June 13, 1918 

Frank Sherman, 8° Feb. 26, 1871 June 14, 1918 

John Augustus Schneider, 18° March 26, 1852 June 20, 1918 

James Edward Mulcare, 32° May 9, 1860 June 23, 1918 

Henry Alschwee, 14° Jan. — , 1849 July 21, 1918 

Emile Huck, 32° . April 27, 1842 Aug. 15, 1918 

Louis Goldsmith, 33° Hon Nov. 27, 1839 Aug. 20, 1918 

Almoner and Treasurer of all the Bodies 



Born 

Myer Fellheimer, 32° Nov. 11, 1878 

Orren George Staples, 32° Oct. 14, 1848 

Richard Pardee Williams, 33° Hon Aug. 24, 1855 

Nicholas John Demas, 32° June 17, 1892 

Melvin Moritz Augenstein, 32° March 6, 1890 

Carl Frederick Miller, 32° May 28, 1891 

Hiram William Belnap, 32° June 21, 1867 

Mortimer Whitehead, 32° . Feb. 23, 1869 

Israel Solomon Goldsmith, 32° Dec. 7, 1878 

John Henry Small, Jr., 33° Hon Sept. 2, 1855 

Past Grand Master, Dist. of Col. 

Charles Biscoe Proctor, 32° Dec. 2, 1867 

Martin Norris Straughn, 32° Nov. 13, 1879 

Charles Howard Ridenour, 32° Dec. 27, 1856 

Claudius Barton Little, 18° ....... . June 27, 1889 

Herbert Newton Keene, 18° 1845 

Henry English, 32° March 21, 1844 

Andrew William Kelley, 33° Hon Oct. 21, 1842 

John Henry Baltz, 32° Feb. 11, 1887 

Walter Henry Smith, 32° Jan. 1, 1896 

Edward Churchill Heath, 32° Nov. 9, 1877 



Died 




Aug. 


31, 


1918 


Sept. 


8, 


1918 


Sept. 


22, 


1918 


Oct. 


4, 


1918 


Oct. 


10, 


1918 


Oct. 


10, 


1918 


Oct. 


12, 


1918 


Oct. 


14, 


1918 


Oct. 


26, 


1918 


Dec. 


2, 


1918 


Dec. 


29, 


1918 


Jan. 


9, 


1919 


Jan. 


23, 


1919 


March 15, 


1919 


March 27, 


1919 


April 


17, 


1919 


April 


26, 


1919 


June 


3, 


1919 


June 


17, 


1919 


June 


28, 


1919 



ILLUSTRIOUS JAMES LANSBURGH, Inspector 
General Honorary, died in the City of Washing- 
ton October 29, 1917. 

Brother Lansburgh was born in Germany January 
14, 1843. Coming to the United States as a very young 
man, he, together with his brother, established himself 
in business in Washington and, for more than forty 
years, was one of our foremost merchants, with a repu- 
tation for probity and fair dealing excelled by none. 
In his private life he was a loving husband and father, 
a good citizen and a kind and generous friend. 

He was entered, passed and raised in Lebanon Lodge, 
No. 7, in 1871; received the fourth degree of our Rite, 
December 20, 1881, and the thirty-second degree, 
March 3, 1883. He was patented a Knight Commander 
of the Court of Honor October 20, 1886, and coroneted 
an Inspector General of our Supreme Council October 
18, 1888. 

For many years Brother Lansburgh was a member of 
the Board of Building Trustees of the old Cathedral 
and, in that capacity, did yeoman service in preserving 
the credit of the Rite in the lean years immediately fol- 
lowing the erection of that building, not infrequently 
using his personal credit, or advancing funds, to tide 
over periods when we had no funds of our own. His 
name will long be remembered as that of an earnest, 
efficient, conscientious and liberal member. 

Brother Lansburgh leaves a widow, two daughters 
and a son to mourn his loss. To them we offer our 
tender sympathy. 



ILLUSTRIOUS JOHN WILSON, Inspector 
General Honorary, died in this city 
November 21, 1917. 

Brother Wilson was born at Burlington, N. J., 
January 10, 1844, and was the son of William and 
Rebecca Wilson. 

He was educated in the public schools of Burlington, 
graduating from its high school, and for a time taught 
there. 

In the early days of the Civil War he enlisted in the 
Medical Corps of the United States Army, serving as 
hospital steward for some nine years. On his discharge 
he was appointed to a clerkship in the office of the Sur- 
geon General and was, for many years, chief clerk, the 
position held by him at his death. In reporting Brother 
Wilson's death to the Secretary of War, Surgeon Gen- 
eral W. C. Gorgas said in part: "The office, the Depart- 
ment and the Government have sustained a loss that 
will be keenly felt. Mr. Wilson brought to the dis- 
charge of his duties a profound knowledge of the busi- 
ness of the Department which, combined with unfailing 
courtesy, tact and rare ability as an administrator, won 
and retained the esteem and respect, not only of his 
superior officers, but of his subordinates as well." 

In Masonry Brother Wilson was unusually active. 
He was raised to the degree of Master Mason in Har- 
mony Lodge, No. 17, April 3, 1876, and was its Wor- 
shipful Master in 1879-1880; was exalted a Royal Arch 
Mason in Potomac Chapter, No. 8, November 16, 1876, 
afterward affiliating with Columbia Chapter, No. 1 ; was 
Knighted in Columbia Commandery, No. 2, February 
2, 1887; was its Eminent Commander in 1894, and, at 
his death, was Grand Treasurer of the Grand Com- 
mandery of the District of Columbia. 



Brother Wilson received the fourth degree of the 
Scottish Rite June 4, 1878, and the thirty-second degree 
May 30, 1879. He was Master of Mithras Lodge of 
Perfection in 1880 and Commander of Robert de Bruce 
Council, Knights Kadosh, in 1887 and 1888. He was 
patented a Knight Commander of the Court of Honor 
October 23, 1884, and coroneted an Inspector General 
Honorary the next day. 

Until very shortly before his death Brother Wilson 
was an active member of all his Masonic Bodies, rarely 
missing a meeting. Very few men have earned and 
held the affection and respect of their brethren as did 
Brother Wilson, and his many Masonic friends in this 
jurisdiction will long lament his loss. 

He leaves a widow, two daughters and a son and to 
them we offer our sincere sympathy and earnest hope 
that they may find strength to bear their loss patiently. 



ILLUSTRIOUS LOUIS GOLDSMITH, Inspector 
General Honorary, died in the city of Washing- 
ton August 20, 1918. 
Brother Goldsmith was born at Bremen, Germany, 
November 27, 1839, and was of Jewish parentage. 

He was educated in the public schools of Bremen 
and began his business life there in the dry goods busi- 
ness. He came to the United States in 1870 and, shortly 
thereafter, secured a position with the firm of Lans- 
burgh Bros., dry goods merchants of this city, in whose 
employ he remained until his death. 

He was raised in Arminius Lodge, No. 25, April 9, 
1877, and served as its Worshipful Master in 1884, 1891 
and 1892. 



He received the fourth degree of the Scottish Rite 
April 20, 1880, and the thirty-second degree Novem- 
ber 24, 1882. He was patented a Knight Commander 
of the Court of Honor October 19, 1892, and coroneted 
an Inspector General Honorary October 24, 1895. 

Brother Goldsmith was elected Almoner of all the 
Bodies March 21, 1899, and Treasurer January 7, 1908, 
and held both of these offices continuously until his 
death. 

He was a man simple in his tastes and habits, of a 
most loving disposition and of the very highest char- 
acter, commanding the regard and respect of all who 
knew him. 

In the early days of his incumbency in the office of 
Almoner he met many demands for charity when no 
funds of the Bodies were in his possession, and it can 
be safely said that, in the many years covered by that 
incumbency, no deserving applicant for help was turned 
from his door empty handed. He entered the Rite in 
its days of weakness and lived to see it established in 
strength and his was no small part in that evolution. 

Brother Goldsmith never married and only his friends 
remain to mourn his loss; but his memory will long 
remain green in their hearts. 



ILLUSTRIOUS RICHARD PARDEE WIL- 
LIAMS, Inspector General Honorary, died in this 
city September 22, 1918. 
Brother Williams was born at New Orleans, La., 
August 24, 1855, and was the son of Francis West and 
Laura Ann Williams. 

He was educated in Grammar School, No. 35, New 
York City, and the College of the City of New York, 



graduating in 1874 with the degree of Bachelor of 
Science. 

He entered business in New York in 1875 where he 
remained until 1890. That year he resigned and began 
to study for Holy Orders. He entered the General 
Theological Seminary, New York, but, remaining there 
only a few months, went to Richmond, Va., where he 
placed himself under charge of Rev. Hartly Carmichael, 
D.D., and continued his studies under direction of that 
divine. He was ordained Deacon in 1892 and Priest 
in 1893. 

Brother Williams left Richmond in 1894, taking a 
charge at Montgomery, Ala., where he remained until 
1897, when he was elected Rector of Trinity Parish, in 
Washington. He was elected an Archdeacon in 1901 
and was appointed Canon of Washington in 1911, both 
of which offices he held at his death. 

Brother Williams was raised in Arcana Lodge, No. 
246, New York, November 21, 1878, and later served 
as its Worshipful Master; he was Knighted in Palestine 
Commandery, No. 18, New York, but the date is not 
now available. 

He received the degrees of the Scottish Rite in the 
Bodies at Richmond, Va., being made a Master of the 
Royal Secret May 21, 1892; was patented a Knight 
Commander of the Court of Honor in October, 1892, 
and was coroneted an Inspector General Honorary, 
April 13, 1894. Brother Williams served as Venerable 
Master of Libertas Lodge of Perfection, Richmond, Va., 
and of Alabama Lodge of Perfection, Montgomery, 
Ala. ; also as Wise Master of Pelican Chapter of Rich- 
mond and Hermes Chapter of Montgomery. He di- 
mitted from the Bodies at Montgomery and affiliated 
with those in Washington in 1897 and was, at the time 
of his death, a member of Acacia Lodge, No. 18, this, 
city, by affiliation. 



Brother Williams' many religious duties prevented 
his taking an active part in the work of the Rite here, 
but his interest in its welfare was always keen and 
he valued his membership very highly. 

He leaves a widow, a daughter and a son to mourn 
his loss and poignancy is added to their grief by the 
fact that another son, Col. Alexander Williams, was 
killed in France just a few days after his father's death. 

To the bereaved ones we can only offer our heartfelt 
sympathy and trust that our Father will cover them 
with the mantle of His mercy and give them strength 
to bear their double affliction. 



ILLUSTRIOUS JOHN HENRY SMALL, JR., 
Inspector General Honorary, died at Washington, 
D. C, December 2, 1918. 

Brother Small was born September 2, 1855, in this 
city, where he always resided, and received his education 
in the public schools and the Spencerian Business Col- 
lege. Soon after his graduation he became associated 
with his father in the florist business and the firm of 
J. H. Small & Sons has long held a prominent place 
among American florists, having large stores at Wash- 
ington and New York. 

Brother Small was for years a prominent figure in 
the local business world, being connected with a num- 
ber of financial institutions, and was the President of 
the Washington Board of Trade in 1909. 

When the Masonic Temple Association, having for 
its purpose the erection of a new Temple for the Fra- 
ternity, was organized, Brother Small was its first Vice- 
President and, in January, 1899, was elected its Presi- 
dent, which office he held until October 17, 1910, and it is 



largely due to his untiring efforts that the York Rite 
Bodies now occupy their own home at 13th Street and 
New York Avenue. 

Brother Small was raised to the degree of Master 
Mason in Washington Centennial Lodge, No. 14, 
December 18, 1879, and served as its Worshipful Master 
in 1891 and 1892. He entered the Grand Lodge line in 
1880 and became Most Worshipful Grand Master in 
1899. He received the Capitular degrees in Lafayette 
R. A. Chapter, No. 5, in 1880, being exalted to the 
degree of Royal Arch April 13th and served that Chap- 
ter with distinction, as its High Priest in 1897; he was 
Knighted in Columbia Commandery, No. 2, in 1880, 
and served as its Commander in 1898. 

Brother Small received the fourth degree of the Scot- 
tish Rite January 4, 1891, and the thirty-second degree 
February 6, 1891; he was patented a Knight Com- 
mander of the Court of Honor October 19, 1897, 
and coroneted an Inspector General Honorary 
October 20, 1899. 

Brother Small leaves a widow, one son and two 
daughters and to them we offer our respectful sym- 
pathy and pray that our Father who is in Heaven may 
have them in His Holy keeping. 



ILLUSTRIOUS ANDREW WILLIAM KELLEY, 
Inspector General Honorary, died in the city of 
Washington April 26, 1919. 
Brother Kelley was born at Bennington, Vt., October 
21, 1842. His Masonic history, as given by himself, 
contains nothing regarding his education or early resi- 
dence. Coming to Washington as a boy or young man, 
he engaged in business as a commission merchant, in 



which he continued until his death and in which he was 
very successful ; early establishing a reputation for strict 
honesty and absolutely fair dealing that he never lost. 
His was a beautiful character, kindly and sympathetic, 
always ready to aid his friends and neighbors in every 
possible way and slow to think evil of any. 

He was, for many years, active in National Guard 
affairs, rising to the rank of Captain in the widely 
known Washington Light Infantry. Brother Kelley 
was raised to the degree of Master Mason in The New 
Jerusalem Lodge, No. 9, of this city, May 14, 1868, and 
was its Worshipful Master in 1877. Was made a Royal 
Arch Mason May 17, 1871, in Columbia Chapter, No. 
1 ; a Royal and Select Master March 30, 1889, in Wash- 
ington Council, No. 1, and was Knighted in Columbia 
Commandery, No. 2, August 4, 1871. He later 
dimitted and affiliated with DeMolay Commandery 
(mounted), No. 4, of which he was Eminent Comman- 
der in 1877; he entered the Grand Commandery line 
and was Grand Commander of the District of Columbia 
in 1904-1905. 

Brother Kelley was initiated a Secret Master in 
Mithras Lodge of Perfection June 15, 1875, and was 
made a Master of the Royal Secret in Albert Pike Con- 
sistory April 30, 1877. 

Although he was never an office-bearer in the Bodies 
of the Rite his interest was always great and he labored 
incessantly for their upbuilding. In recognition of his 
services he was patented a Knight Commander of the 
Court of Honor October 22, 1901, and was coroneted 
an Inspector General Honorary October 23, 1903. 

Brother Kelley leaves one daughter, to whom we 
extend our loving sympathy and we earnestly hope that 
she may be given strength to bear without murmuring 
the burden of sorrow laid upon her. 



SIXTH— COURTESIES EXCHANGED 

REQUESTS have been received from the Inspec- 
tors or Deputies that the degrees be conferred 
upon brethren for account of Bodies in their 
jurisdiction and, whenever the candidate has pre- 
sented himself, the Bodies in this Jurisdiction have 
gladly done so. Following is a list of those on whom 
all or a part of the degrees have been conferred: 

Southern Jurisdiction 

Arkansas — Little Rock Thomas P. Bridges 

Army — Fort Leavenworth William C. Cox 

John A. Cooney 
Lewis L. Tanney 

Colorado — Denver Spencer C. Scribner 

Northern California — San Francisco . Rudolph T. Haas 

Hiram E. Knight 

Rea C. Newman 

Southern California — Los Angeles . . S. A. Lindauer 

Kansas — Kansas City Guy A. Carlander 

Kentucky — Louisville John A. Schweiger 

Missouri — Kansas City Volney McFadden 

Nebraska — Hastings James P. Phillips 

Lincoln Frederick B. Evans 

Nevada — Reno Bonnifield McBride 

North Carolina — Greensboro .... Urban S. Green 

Oregon — Portland Robert M. Imbrie 

Philip Phillips 

Texas — Dallas James C. Wilson 

El Paso Felix B. Schutz 

Galveston E. R. Hunt 

San Antonio Thomas G. Gallagher 



Foreign Jurisdictions 

Through Lieutenant Grand Commander and Acting 
Grand Commander Chas. E. Rosenbaum: 

New York — Albany . Charles E. Renfro 

Through Sovereign Grand Commander George F. 
Moore : 

Scotland — Edinboro .... James Douglas McLachlan 

Through the respective Inspector or Deputy I have 
asked that degrees be conferred for account of the 
Bodies in the D. of C. as follows; in each case the 
work was cheerfully and courteously done: 

Alabama — Montgomery William B. Phillips 

Florida — Jacksonville Harry Rubin 



SEVENTH— THE GREAT WAR 

THE PERIOD of which I am writing covers the 
participation of the United States in the terrible 
conflict waged between Democracy and Human 
Rights on the one side, and Monarchical Despotism 
and Unbridled Outrage on the other, in which a 
signal victory has been won for the forces of Light 
and Truth and in which our country has taken such 
a glorious part. 

The labor and sacrifice made necessary has fallen 
alike upon all and, like all, our Bodies have taken their 
share. Three hundred and fifteen of our members have 
served their country in the Army, Navy or Marine 
Corps, in all ranks and with honor to themselves and 
to their Order. 

By the merciful dispensation of Providence our cas- 
ualties have been, so far as we have been able to learn, 
remarkably few. Although we had about two hundred 



members in France or upon the high seas, but one lost 
his life in action: Brother Melvin Moritz Augenstein, 
32°, a young and promising dentist, who received a 
commission as First Lieutenant in the Dental Corps 
of the Army, died gloriously at Chateau-Thierry. 

Two other members, Brothers Nicholas John Demas, 
32°, and Carl Frederick Miller, 32°, died of influenza 
while in training camp at Camp Meade, Md., and 
Blacksburg, W. Va., respectively. They also made the 
supreme sacrifice and their memories, with that of 
Brother Augenstein, will always be honored by their 
Brethren. 

In the fall of 1917 the Bodies began the entertainment 
of soldiers temporarily in camp in and near Washington 
and, at the request of these soldiers, made the enter- 
tainment take the form of weekly dances which were 
made possible by the active co-operation of the ladies 
of the Rite and of the Eastern Star, more especially 
the members of Cathedral Chapter, No. 14, which has, 
since its organization, met in our Sanctuary. The 
dances became so popular that it was necessary to 
engage two orchestras and to devote both our large 
banquet halls to this purpose. They were continued 
until the U. S. War Risk Bureau took over the main 
part of our building for its work, and thus made all 
entertainment features impossible. 

Early in 1917 the British Government sent one of its 
most distinguished soldiers, General James Douglas 
McLachlan, as its Military Attache to the British Le- 
gation in this city. General McLachlan was a Mason 
of high rank in all the orders in England and Scotland, 
being an office-bearer in the Royal Order of Scotland 
and a Past Master of several of his Lodges. He became 
a constant and most welcome visitor at all our meet- 
ings to and including the Council of Knights Kadosh 
of which he was a member in Scotland. It was, there- 
fore, a source of great joy to us, when our own Sov- 



ereign Grand Commander advised us that the Supreme 
Council of Scotland had selected General McLachlan to 
receive the thirty-first and thirty-second degrees and 
directed us to confer these degrees upon the General 
at the first opportunity. As the program for the May 
reunion was about to be issued that class was named 
"The International Class" and the Brethren were 
advised that General McLachlan would receive the de- 
grees at that time. Very much to the regret of every- 
one, the Brethren, although invited to do so, were 
unable to witness the conferring of the degrees upon 
him because of the fact that the number of initiates, 
325, taxed the seating capacity of the hall beyond its 
limits and there was absolutely no room for members 
or visitors. It does not seem necessary to offer excuse 
for this; the reason is so obvious and the increase in 
strength so gratifying that I am sure no well disposed 
member will feel anything other than joy even if he 
was, for once, unable to attend because of lack of room. 

During the war the Bodies purchased large amounts 
of Liberty Bonds and War Savings Stamps, besides 
contributing liberally to all legitimate war purposes. 
It is not necessary to mention these in detail here as 
they are shown fully in the Secretary's report attached 
hereto. 




THE FOLLOWING members of the Scottish Rite 
Bodies in the District of Columbia have served 
in the military or naval service of the United States 
during the war with Germany: 

Unless otherwise noted they are thirty-second degree. 



* * • 



Adams, John P. 
Albertson, Marquis T. 
Alexander, Jesse F. 
Armstrong, Charles F. 
Atkisson, Earl J. 
Augenstein, Melvin M.* 
Auringer, Horace E. 

Babcox, George A. 
Badollet, Marion S. 
Baer, Bernard A. 
Baer, Carl A. 
Baker, Joseph E. 
Ball, Benjamin A. 
Banfield, Frank W. 
Beach, Edward M. 
Beanfleld, Kufus McC. 
Beazley, James H. 
Bengert, Frederick E. 
Bennett, Audley C. 
Bittinger, C. Edgar 
Blackburn, Abyram 
Bladen, Wilbur H. 
Bon, Leo. J. 
Brams, William A. 
Brown, Louis A. 
Brown, Robert W. 
Brown, Robson DeS. 
Bryan, Robert 
Burr, Robert M. 
Burrall, Charles F. 
Burrell, George A. 
Bussey, Byron C. 
Byington, Floyd R. 



Cain, Frank D. 
Champlin, Myron A. 
Chandler, Cyril C. 
Christie, Arthur C. 
Clarke, George C. 
Cohen, Ben 
Cole, John H. 
Coleman, Ernest A. 
Comerford, Bert M. 
Cook, C. Fred 
Cotton, Harold A., 18° 
Crawford, Chauncey H. 
Crimmins, Ralph G. 
Cullen, William G. 

Daumer, Oscar O., 30° 
Davenport, Rex M. 
Davis, John L. 
Dean, Roy F. 
Dean, Willis J. 
DeGast, Marinus 
Demas, George J. 
Demas, Nicholas Johnf 
Denison, Walcott 
Dennison, Arthur E. 
Dodd, Raymond W. 
Drain, James A. 
Drake, Franklin J. 
Driesbach, George C. 
Dunkle, Edwin C. 
Dupuy, Charles M.$ 
Durrant, William L. 

Eason. Curry E. 
East, Charles L., 18° 



Edwards, Franz G. 
Ellison, Louis H. 
Ely, William H„ Jr. 
Emmett, Eugene 
Enders, Ed N. 
Exley, Clarence M., 18° 

Faulkner, Orlando W. 
Fieldner, Arno C4 
Filbert, Robert B. 
Finkler, George P. 
Finley, Mark F., Jr. 
Fischer, Norman 
Fischer, Stanley H. 
Flack, A. Sloan 
Fleming, John F. 
Foster, John R. 
Fountain, Edmund J.$ 
Fraser, George 
Frensdorf, Raymond F. 
Freund, Carl 
Fried, Mortimer E. 
Frieder, Philip W. 
Fries, Amos A. 

Gallison, Davis T. 
Gamble, Frederic G. 
Garfield, Walter T. 
Garvey, Harry J. 
Gephart, Orion P. 
Glucksman, Samuel 
Goetz, George B. 
Goff , David D. 
Goldberg, Joseph 
Goldman, Laurence B. 
Goodrich, Edgar J. 
Green, Harold G. 
Griffin, William H., 14° 
Guiler, Robert P., Jr. 
Gunther, Abraham L. 

Haines, Richard S. 
Hall, Arthur J. 
Harllee, William C. 
Harp, Benjamin H., 30° 
Hart, Carl K. 
Hartwig, Henry W. 



Hechinger, Sidney L. 
Henley, Jesse V. 
Herman, Philip 
Heyl, Charles H. 
Hinkson, Joseph H. W. 
Hodges, Harry M. 
Hodgson, Cary V. 
Hoehn, Edward H. 
Horn, Howard L.$ 
Howard, Charles A. 
Huff, Earle P. 
Hurlebaus, Gwynn I. 
Hurtt, Markle A. 
Hutchings, Frank F. 

Jackson, William D. 
Jacobson, Ole 
Jaeger, Herman 
Janvrin, Everett B., 14° 
Jenks, Royal G. 
Johns, Francis W. 
Johnson, Michael 
Johnston, George C. 
Johnston, Lester C. 
Jones, James F. 
Jones, John B., 14° 
Jordan, Edwin W., 18° 

Kaplan, Louis S. 
Kaufman, Louis H. 
Keefer, Ralph C. 
Kemp, Elmer 
Kerr, John M. 
King, William T. 
Kittrelle, Russell L. 
Klotz, Harry A. 
Kohl, Edwin J. 
Kotzschmar, Hermann, Jr. 
Krieger, William H. 

LaManna, Anthony 
Lawrence, James N. 
Ledbetter, Robert E., 18° 
Leue, Conrad F. 
Lewis, Earl R. 
Lewis, George A. 
Lewis, H. Turner 
Lichtenberg, Chester 



Lipsner, Benjamin B. 
Littlepage, William H. 
Lock hart, Walter C. 
Longakcr, Albert W. 
Longworth, Christopher 
Lower, Walter B. 
Lundberg, Elmer D. 

McCarthy, Patrick H. 
McCarty, Morris E. 
McCawley, Harrison B. 
McChesney, Albert G. 
McComb, Marshall F. 
McCulloch, Champe C. 
McGriff, Harry, 14° 
McGuire, James W. 
Mcintosh, Lawrence W. 
McLuckie, Robert M. 
McRae, Alexander K., Jr. 
Madsen, Ingeman 
Manegold, John R. 
Manley, Ellery D. 
Manning, Thomas R. 
Mathewson, Walter E. 
Mau, Fred E. 
Maus, Stewart A. C. 
May, Charles O. 
Meiancon, David J. 
Melniker, Aaron A. 
Meloy, Thomas K. 
Merrill, Lewis R. 
Mertens, Frederick, Jr. 
Messer, Thomas H. 
Mettier, Stacy R., 18° 
Meyer, Frank 
Miles, Sanford 
Miller, Archie 
Miller, Carl F.f 
Monagon, George A. 
Moodey, Robert R. 
Motz, Frank G. 
Murphy, William H. 

Namm, Benjamin H. 
Nash, Arthur B. 
Nash, Raymond E. 
Negbaur, Walter H. 



Newman, Arthur 
Nicholas, William D. 
Nickels, Albert M. 

Oppenheimer, Edgar A. 
Orr, James C. 
Owen, William W r . 
Oxley, William L. 
Ozias, Charles R. 

Palmer, John C. F. 
Patterson, Russell B. 
Patty, Clarence E. 
Peairs, John W. 
Pearce, Frederick L. 
Pelzman, Ivy A. 
Pelzman, Louis B. 
Perkins, George K. 
Peyser, Julius I. 
Phillips, William B. 
Pickens, Douglas E. 
Pierson, Everett H. 
Pierson, H. Wayne 
Pinanski, Abraham E. 
Powell, Thomas J. 
Price, George W. 
Priest, Charles 

Rady, Andrew J. 
Randall, Louis F. 
Reilly, Edward E. 
Reynolds, Marshall S. 
Rich, Melvin S. 
Richmond, Holman 
Riley, John T. 
Ritter, Martin L. 
Robinson, Gordon 
Robinson, Oliver P. 
Rogers, Philip T. 
Rohl, Vandervoort B. 
Romesburg, Leonard 
Rose, Leonard J. 
Rose, William H. 
Rosenberg, Isidor 
Rosenberg, Meyer 
Rosenthal, Joseph M. 
Rosenthal!, Gordon L. 



Rowse, George T. 
Rubenstein, Leon 
Rubin, Harry 
Ryan, James A. 

vSabbatino, Anthony 
Salyer, Scott W. 
Sapp, A. Burt 
Schevlin, Joseph F. 
Schleuniger, Frank S. 
Sessler, Grover C. 
Shabek, Louis F. 
Shackleford, Paul A. 
Shelley, Tully 
Sheppeard, Gabe 
Shepherd, Osborne 
Skinner, Fred B. 
Sloane, George 
Smith, Allan C. 
Smith, Earl B. 
Smith, Harry €. 
Smith, J. Leo 
Smith, Moody B. 
Smith, Thomas 
Smith, Walter H.f 
Snell, Ivan B. 
Sorg, Walter T. 
Sosey, Donald H. 
Speaks, Charles E. 
Spence, Elbert L. 
Sprague, William T. 
Stark, Ora E. 
Stein, Philip 
Stevens, Arthur G. 
Stevens, Wayne E. 
Stevens, William T. 
Stewart, John W, 
Storey, Elmer H. 
Stout, J. Duerson 
Stuart, Nelson 
Sugden, Joseph B. 



Taylor, Leighton C. 
Terry, Paul H. 
Terry, Vern 
Thompson, Harry H. 
Toepper, Charles G. F., 33 c 
Totino, Settimio 
Trelevan, John E. 
Tumpowsky, Isidor H. 
Tut hill, James A. B. 

VanOrsdale, Allen A. 
Vikan, Charles G. 
Viles, Voler V. 

Walker, Albert M., 18° 
Ward, Edward 
Watkins, Joseph C. 
Watts, Lancie L. 
Weeks, Cornelius C. 
Werthan, Sidney 
Wessen, Ernest J. 
Wheeler, James R. 
Wilmarth, Raymond 0. 
Winder, John P. 
Wolf, Clarence M. 
Wolf, William 
Wolferman, Sidney J. 
Wood, Harlan 

Yetton, William J. 
Young, A. Stuard 
Young, George F. 

Zimmerman, Joseph 
Zimmerman, Oliver B. 



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f Dead. 
$ Demitted. 



A MONG the activities of those who served at home 

/-\ might be mentioned the almost two hundred who 

volunteered and drilled in the Home Defense 

Rifles, under Col. M. A. Winter, a member of Albert 

Pike Consistory. 

This regiment numbered over two thousand men, 
over three hundred of them serving later in the different 
branches of the U. S. Army at home and overseas. 

Over 1,400 qualified as marksmen or better on the 
ranges in the city or vicinity. 



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N CONCLUSION, the foregoing gratifying show- 
ing was made possible only by the perfect har- 
mony which exists in the Rite. 

This harmony and congeniality is our greatest and 
most valuable asset and we have every reason to con- 
gratulate ourselves as a body and each other indi- 
vidually. 

Sincerely and fraternally yours, 

STIRLING KERR, 33° HON. 

Deputy of the Supreme Council, 
in the District of Columbia. 



Washington, D. C, August 1, 1919. 

Major STIRLING KERR, 33° Hon. 

Deputy of the Supreme Council 
in the District of Columbia. 

III. Sir and Dear Brother: 

I have the honor to transmit herewith a condensed statement 
of the financial transactions of the co-ordinate Bodies of the Scottish 
Rite, sitting in the District of Columbia, for the Biennial term ending 
June 30, 1919, as per your instruction of July 26, 1919: 

Receipts, July 1, 1917, to June 30, 1919, inclusive: 

Dues $ 16,124.00 

Fees, all bodies 130,481.00 

Dividends 220.00 

Interest on investments 3,378.30 

Interest on bank account 650.84 

Rent 15,918.34 

Refunds, other bodies 710.46 

Total receipts .$167,482.94 

Cash on hand July 1, 1917 10,215.25 

Total to be accounted for $177,698.19 

Disbursements : 

Maintenance of building $ 10,058.01 

Reunions and general Masonic purposes 8,053.65 

Charity, individual and local 947.41 

Masonic and patriotic purposes: 

American Masonic headquarters, Paris, France 2,000.00 

Masonic and Eastern Star Home 2,200.00 

American Red Cross 1,000.00 

Hebrew Relief Assn 500.00 

Near East Relief Assn 500.00 

Entertainment of soldiers 1,000.93 

Co. L, Home Defense League Rifles 140.61 

Salaries 6,927.00 

Secretary's office 3,048.18 

Supreme Council, Fees, Taxes, Morals and Dogma 8,840.25 

Total Disbursements $ 55,816.04 



Investments : 

3y 2 % Liberty Bonds $ 8,245.50 

4% Liberty Bonds 5,492.50 

\y A % Liberty Bonds 34,186.00 

4M% Liberty Bonds 450.00 

War Savings Stamps 1,747.00 

Accrued interest 108.38 

Total investments for bodies $ 50,229.38 

Transferred to Board of Building Trustees, New 

Cathedral Fund 35,767.48 

Total payments for all purposes $141,812.90 

Cash in hands of Treasurer June 30, 1919 $ 35,885.29 



$177,698.19 

Assets : 

Washington Railway & Electric Preferred Stock $ 2,200.00 

Washington Railway & Electric 4% Bonds 7,000.00 

Capital Traction Co. 5% Bonds 5,000.00 

Washington Gas Light Co. 5% Bonds 5,000.00 

U. S. Registered 3%% Bonds 8,100.00 

U. S. Registered 4#% Bonds 38,200.00 

U. S. Coupon 3y 2 % Bonds 100.00 

U. S. Coupon 4% Bonds 150.00 

U. S. Coupon \y A % Bonds 1,450.00 

U. S. Coupon \y A % Bonds 450.00 

U. S. War Savings Stamps, 420 @ 4.29 1,801.80 

Cash in hands of Treasurer 35,885.29 

Due from U. S. Treasury, rent 2,000.00 

Due from members, unpaid dues 755.50 

Due from members, partial fees secured by U. S. Bonds 263.50 

Total assets $108,356.09 

Liabilities: 

Due Supreme Council, annual tax 2,205.25 

Due members, overpaid dues 187.00 

Total liabilities $ 2,392.25 

Net assets June 30, 1919 $105,963.84 

Net assets June 30, 1917 30,242.75 



Gain in net assets for two-year period $ 75,721.09 



You will please note that during this period there was trans- 
ferred to the Board of Building Trustees for the New Cathedral 
fund $35,767.48. The Report of the Board of Trustees, lately trans- 
mitted you shows the assets of the individual members to be 
$95,767.48, an increase equal to the amount transferred, $35,767.48. 
You will, therefore, note that the actual assets of the bodies and 
members have increased $111,488.57, to a total of $201,731.35. 

Respectfully submitted, 

ELMER E. SIMPSON, 32°, K. C. C. H., 

General Secretary. 




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Washington, D. C, July 1, 1918. 
To the OfiScers and Members, 

Mithras Lodge of Perfection, No. 1. 

Brethren : 

I herewith submit my annual report, showing the monies received 
and expended during the year July 1, 1917, to June 30, 1918: 

Balance on hand July 1, 1917 $ 10,215.25 

Received during the year, all sources 44,934.30 



Total to be accounted for $ 55,149.55 

Disbursements as per Vouchers Nos. 7 to 349 45,021.14 

Balance to be accounted for $ 10,128.41 

Deposited in American National Bank $ 10,071.63 

Negotiable paper 56.78 

$ 10,128.41 

Respectfully submitted, 
(Signed) LOUIS GOLDSMITH, 33° Hon. 

Treasurer. 



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Washington, D. C, July 15, 1919. 

To the Venerable Master, Wardens and Brethren 
Mithras Lodge of Perfection. 

Brethren: 

I have the honor to submit herewith my report, as Treasurer, for 
the year ending June 30, 1919: 

Cash on hand July 1, 1918 $ 10,071.63 

Received from Secretary, July 1, 1918, to June 30, 1919 . . . 122,959.11 
Interest on bank balances 516.16 

Total to be accounted for $133,546.90 

Disbursement July 1st to June 30th, inc., as per Vouchers 

Nos. 350 to 702 97,661.61 

Balance to be accounted for $ 35,885.29 

Bank balance June 30, 1919 $ 40,088.66 

4 warrants issued but unpaid 4,490.69 

$ 35,597.97 

Negotiable paper in my hands 287.00 

Revenue stamps .32 

$ 35,885.29 
Respectfully submitted, 

(Signed) MONIE SANGER, 33° Hon. 

Treasurer. 



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Washington, D. C, July 15, 1919. 

To the Individual Members of the 

Four Bodies of the A. & A. Scottish Rite 
in the District of Columbia: 

Brethren : 

I have the honor to submit the following report of the finances of 
the Board of Building Trustees for the biennial term ending June 
30, 1919: 

Estimated value building and grounds, 433 Third St. N.W.$ 50,000.00 

Estimated value furniture and paraphernalia 10,000.00 

Equity in property at K and 13th Sts. N.W 35,767.48 



Total assets of members, in hands of Building Trustees $ 95,767.48 

Respectfully submitted, 

MONIE SANGER, 33° Hon. 
Secretary, Board of Building Trustees. 



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Washington, D. C., July 15, 1919. 

To the Venerable Master, Wardens and Brethren 
Mithras Lodge of Perfection. 

Brethren : 

Having been appointed to audit the accounts of the Secretary and 
Treasurer for the biennial term ending June 30, 1919, I have 
examined the books and their annual reports and find them to be 
correct, being properly supported by the minutes, vouchers, orders, 
paid checks and proper account books. 

In this respect the Lodge is very fortunate in having secured the 
services of two such competent officers as Brothers Simpson and 
Sanger 

The Treasurer's account agrees with that of the Secretary and 
their balance shows a difference with the bank balance of $4,490.69, 
accounted for as follows: 

Unpaid warrant No. 606 to order J. H. Hoff acker $ 70.69 

Unpaid warrant No. 690 to order J. A. Moyer, Sec'y 2,000.00 

Unpaid warrant No. 693 to order J. H. Cowles, Sec'y. Gen. . . 2,417.50 
Unpaid warrant No. 702 to order E. E. Hoffman 2.50 

$4,490.69 

The assets show a gain over those of 1917 of $75,721.09. The 
outstanding dues are $755.50 and the overpaid dues $187.00. 

The membership of the Lodge is 1,846; of the Chapter 1,796; of 
the Council 1,752 and of the Consistory 1,739. 

The Life Memberships are Lodge 62; Chaper 60; Council 55 and 
Consistory 64. Exempt from dues, one Grand Cross. 

In company with the Secretary and Treasurer I examined the 
safe deposit box at the Bank of Commerce and Savings and found 
the following: 

Washington Railway & Electric Preferred Stock $ 2,200.00 

Washington Railway & Electric 4% Bonds 7,000.00 

Capital Traction 5% Bonds 5,000.00 

Washington Gas Light Co. 5% Bonds 5,000.00 

U. S. Registered Liberty Bonds 3y 2 % 8,100.00 

U. S. Registered Liberty Bonds 4^% 38,200.00 

U. S. War Savings Stamps 1,801.80 



Deed to building, 433 Third St. N.W., 

Insurance, building, 433 Third St. N.W $ 50,000.00 

Insurance, Organ 1,500.00 

Insurance, Furniture 2,000.00 

I have also seen, in the Secretary's possession, receipts from the 
American National Bank for $2,150.00 U. S. Coupon Bonds, to be 
exchanged for registered Bonds. 

In conclusion, I desire to say that, in addition to the efficient 
Secretary and Treasurer, the Lodge has been signally honored by 
having an able and efficient Executive Committee, as is evidenced 
by the item in the Secretary's report that 956 members were 
carried to the 32° at a cost of but $5.03 per capita. 

Respectfully submitted, 

ALLEN BUSSIUS, 33° Hon., 

Auditor. 






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